167 journalists, a number of whom covered Sheikh Hasina's PMO & Awami League, have had accreditations revoked in series of notifications, denying them access to govt offices & secretariat.
Move, comes after interim govt cancelled 8 national holidays instituted by Sheikh Hasina, including ones on the birth and death anniversaries of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Awami League leader has accused Muhammad Yunus & 61 others of serious crimes under Article 15 of Rome Statute—the ICC’s founding treaty—which pertains to crimes against humanity.
Bangladeshi experts and editorials contend that while impact on country may not be immediate or radical, it could bring changes in political dynamics, trade, and ties with India, China.
The Yunus administration has set up a Constitutional Reform Commission to draft a document that will "reflect the aspirations" of the ordinary Bangladeshis.
Most worrying change in Bangladesh after Hasina's exile is attempt to rewrite its history, says blogger Azam Khan. If that happens, it would be country's death, he adds.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin's conflicting statements on Hasina's resignation letter have triggered protests as Yunus-led interim govt faces a question of legal validity.
The Yunus-led interim government doesn’t have the luxury of failure as it brings about political and institutional reforms to get Bangladesh back into democratic transition.
Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey has been an outspoken critic of Awami League. He was in exile in the US and returned to Bangladesh in September this year following Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.
Since taking over in August, the Muhammad Yunus-led interim govt has been plagued by controversies. Concerns about the conduct of elections & rewriting of history have been raised.
The end of the Cold War in the 1990s brought an end to the ideological spheres of influence that had defined the post-World War II period, envisioned as a fight between the capitalist West and the communist East.
Former RBI governor says India is now expected to remain the fastest-growing major economy; self-reliance gives India economic resilience and foreign policy autonomy.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, almost every member of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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